Table for manufacturing upholstery-pads.



PATBNTED MAR. 24, 19 08.

E. M. HULSE. TABLE FOR MANUFACTURING UPHOLSTERY PADS.

APPLIOATIONTIL'UD MAY 81, 1908.

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EDWIN M. I-IULSE, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

TABLE FOR MANUFACTURING UPHOLSTERY-PADS.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN M. I-IULsE, a citizen of the United States, residing at C0- lumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tables for Manufacturing Upholstery-Pads; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide improved apparatus to aid in securing together the inner and outer coverings of a pad of upholstery.

In my patent of the United States No. 824,868, dated July 3, 1906, I show a twopart table or support upon which the upholstery can be supported, said table having at each of its opposite edges a grooved barlike button holder into which the buttons can be slid preparatory to putting the coverings on them, and from which the buttons can be slid after being fastened to the cover ings. In said construction the parts of the table are moved towards each other to permit the easy removal of the buttons from the holder. In the present instance I support the holder under the table so that it is movable without moving the table; and further I divide the button holder and make the parts thereof separable so that it is not necessary to slide the buttons into or out of it, but the exact scope of the invention will appear from the following description and appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings in which I have illustrated one embodiment of the invention Figure l is an end view of the table with the legs broken off and showing the button holders moved in; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the button holders moved out; Fig. 3 is a side view partially broken out and showing some buttons inserted in the holder; Fig. i is a detail cross section on a larger scale showing the parts of the button holder closed and a button therein; Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the parts of the button holder separated; Fig. 6 is a detail in side view on a larger scale showing the eccentric device for operating the button holders; and Fig. 7 is an edge view of the same.

In the views 1 designates the table top which is a one-part rectangular structure,

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented March 24, 1908.

Application filed. May 31, 1906.

Serial No. 319,480.

and is provided with legs 1 or other suitable parts of the button holders are separable with respect to each other on bolts 2 thumb nuts 2 being employed to hold them together. The parts of the button holder can be hinged at the back and other means can be employed for opening and closing them. The button holders are supported each to lie under and parallel to the edge of the table and at opposite sides thereof. For this purpose the upper portion 2 of the button holder is provided with rods or shanks 3 that are supported and slide in bearings 4 secured to the under side of the table. Hingedly connected with the shanks 3 are the outer ends of rods 5 that have their inner ends eccentrically connected to ahandle disk 6. The disk 6 is pivoted at 6 in a bracket 7. By turning the disk in the proper direction the button holders can be moved inward or outward, and to lock them in their outer or inner position the edge of the bracket 7 is furnished with notches 7 to be engaged by a springactuated pin 8 on the handle of the disk. The pin 8 can be operated by means of a handle 8" pivoted to the handle of the disk.

In practice and briefly stated, the pad is placed on the table and the edges of the coverings that are to be fastened together are pressed inward on the prongs or points of the buttons held in the holder. In this feature of the operation the parts of the holder are closed and the holder is in its outer position. After the points of the buttons have been turned over to secure the coverings together the holder is drawn inward and the parts of the button holder permitted to separate by turning down the thumb nuts 2. After this has been done the edges of the pad with the buttons thereon can be prompty lifted and removed and without sliding them out of the holder, as shown in my previous application for patent.

It will be Observed that by this construction the button holders are movable independently of the table top. A button holder at one edge only of the table can be used and in this event ordinary pins or other holder, said button-holder being movable.

inward and outward with respect to the edge of the table.

2. In apparatus for the manufacture of upholstery, the combination with a table for supporting the upholstery, of a buttonholder located at the edge of the table and beneath the plane of the under side thereof, and movable substantially wholly thereunder, means for supporting the button-holder, and means for moving the button-holder inward and outward with reference to the edge of the table.

3. In apparatus for the manufacture of upholstery, the combination with a table for supporting the upholstery, of a buttonholder located at the edge of the table and beneath the plane of the under side thereof, and movable substantially wholly thereunder, means for supporting the button-holder, means for moving the button-holder inward and outward with respect to the edge of the table, and means for holding the buttonholder in the position to which it is moved.

4. In apparatus for the manufacture of upholstery, the combination with a table for supporting the upholstery, of a buttonholder located at the edge of the table and beneath the plane of the under side thereof, and movable substantially wholly thereunder, means for supporting the button-holder, means for moving the button-holder inward and outward with respect to the edge of the table, and means for holding the buttonholder in its outward position.

5. In apparatus for the manufacture of upholstery, the combination with a table for supporting the upholstery, of a buttonholder located at the edge of the table and beneath the plane of the under side thereof, means for supporting the button-holder, and means for moving the same inward and outward with respect-to the edge of the table,

said button-holder comprising a bar consisting of separable parts to permit removal of the buttons therefrom.

6. In apparatus for the manufacture of upholstery, the combination with a table for supporting the upholstery, of a buttonholder located at the edge of the table and beneath the plane of the under side thereof, means for supporting the button -holder, means for moving the button-holder inward and outward with respect to the edge of the table, said button-holder comprising a bar consisting of separable parts to permit the removal of the buttons therefrom, and means for binding said separable parts together to retain the buttons in position for applying to the upholstery.

7. In apparatus for the manufacture of upholstery, the combination with a table for supporting the upholstery, of a buttonholder located at the edge of the table and beneath the plane of the underside thereof, means for supporting the button-holder, and means located on the underside of the table for moving the button-holder inward and outward with reference to the edge of the table, when the upholstery is in place thereon.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN M. HULSE.

Witnesses:

ULYSSES R. PETERS, BENJ. FINQKEL. 

